Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1129 Jin Shenghuan's Death

Jin Shenghuan's more than 1000 Ding, plus some Wuwei troops who did not surrender, and Zhejiang soldiers who did not escape, were surrounded by the rampaging horse army.

Tan Tai and others yelled loudly for the rebel soldiers to surrender, but these soldiers formed a circular formation, protecting Jin Shenghuan in the middle.

The rebel soldiers stretched their spears outside, and the shield-hands formed a circular turtle wall, while the soldiers inside the wall bent their bows like a full moon, aiming their sharp arrows at the galloping cavalry, and the musketeers also raised their guns.

The cavalry surrounded the rebel soldiers, beat their horses and turned around, calling for the rebels to put down their weapons. They called several times in a row, but there was no response.

Tan Tai immediately pointed his spear, and the cavalry roared to disrupt the circle, but they were repulsed by the rebel soldiers several times.

For a while, the Ma Jun had nothing to do with this tortoise formation, mainly because the cavalry didn't want to pay casualties, so they didn't want to charge hard.

The cavalry circled around the circle for several times, and made several raids without success. Tan Tai immediately reined in the horses, and nearly a thousand cavalry stopped outside the circle, and stopped to watch from a distance.

"Go! Bring in some cannons! Blast away this tortoise array!" Tan Tai waved his horsewhip, and said something to the guards beside him, wanting to repeat the old trick.

The personal guard clasped his fists and was about to turn his horse's head when a group of military guards came running over from a distance, and the leader was Li Yuanyin.

"This general, what's the situation?" Li Yuanyin clasped his fists while riding on the horse. He didn't know the Manchu general in front of him.

"Jin Shenghuan is inside, but he refuses to surrender. The general has sent someone to dispatch the cannons. Before dark, they must be dealt with!" Tan Tai was a little annoyed. For this reason, he still couldn't see the situation clearly. The rebels are too clueless.

Li Yuanyin frowned when he heard this, Jin Shenghuan had some kindness towards him, at least he had not swallowed up his military exploits, but since he chose to side with the king of Chu, he had to clearly express his attitude and not drag his feet.

He didn't bump into it, so it's okay, but if he did, he had to make a move.

Now that he has betrayed King Tang, he is no longer tolerated by the Tang-supporting faction, and he has to be more ruthless in his actions.

"If the general doesn't care, I'm willing to help and defeat this rebel army!" Li Yuanyin cupped his hands.

Li Yuanyin didn't know Tan Tai, but Tan Tai recognized Li Yuanyin. If Jin Shenghuan was surrounded by him, he must be credited with the credit, but he is an outsider, so it's not easy to swallow the credit alone.

The king of Tang rebelled this time, only a few people from the Tang-supporting faction participated, and most of them were military generals, but the Tang-supporting faction is the civil servants of the imperial party faction, such as Du Yinxi, Su Guansheng, Chen Zizhuang and other bigwigs, none of them rebelled He is a Manchu, participating in the internal political struggle of the Han people, and taking such a Han hero as Jin Shenghuan, which will always cause dissatisfaction among some people.

Tan Tai glanced at Li Yuanyin, "Okay! If the champion can defeat the enemy, we will share the credit equally!"

Li Yuanyin didn't talk nonsense. He clasped his fists, pulled the reins of the horse, rushed to the front of the formation, looked at the soldiers of the military guards forming a circle and a big flag inside, and said, "Golden Governor, for the sake of the brothers, I will surrender to you!" Come on!"

Jin Shenghuan with disheveled hair was sitting on a stone inside, his helmet was lost somewhere, his hair was disheveled, almost covering half of his face.

This failure completely crushed the ambition of this majestic man. His complexion was pale, his lips were chapped, and the armor on his body was scratched in three or four places by knives and guns. One of them obviously penetrated the armor and injured the flesh.

At this time, Jin Shenghuan was holding a big knife in his hand, and the generals and soldiers were around him, but there were so many people, but it was surprisingly quiet, and no one seemed to want to talk. When he heard Li Yuanyin's voice, he was annoyed inside, but failed. The last desperation had already made him too lazy to pay attention to Li Yuanyin, but he said to the blood-stained guards around him in a hateful voice: "Tell that traitor that he wants the head of this town, and tell him to come and get it quickly. Don't be hypocritical, this town feels disgusting." !"

Li Yuanyin comforted the restless war horse, and a voice in the circle suddenly cursed, "Treason, stop being hypocritical, hit if you want, I will accompany you!"

In the circle, most people were silent for a while, but there were still quite a few people brandishing weapons, echoing and cursing the traitors.

This battle is a political struggle within the Ming Dynasty. It is a civil strife caused by the upper class in order to seize power. From the perspective of the Chu faction, they are suppressing the rebellion. From the perspective of the king of Tang, they are eliminating traitors for the country. Protect Zhu Ming Jiangshan.

Both sides are guided by their own ideas, and they have their own reasons for standing on either side. As for the soldiers involved, they are just on the wrong side in the political struggle, and there is no right or wrong.

Li Yuanyin frowned when he heard the voice, and then he didn't stay for a long time, but pulled his horse back to the formation.

Not long after, a trumpet sounded, and anyway, the military guards, mainly the original Li's troops, rushed towards the circular formation pushing more than a dozen carts and holding their shields.

This kind of tortoise formation is full of thorns, and the horse army is not easy to open its mouth, but the infantry has many methods.

Seeing them approaching, the soldiers in the formation immediately fired blunderbuss, bows and arrows. The blunderbuss balls hit the baffle of the cart, splintered wood, and the arrows shot at them. The general of Li Department immediately shouted, "Raise the shield!" The soldiers of Li's army who were advancing immediately raised their shields in unison.

Arrows jingled on the shield, and many soldiers were shot down, but the soldiers behind did not stop. They bypassed the fallen soldiers, holding their shields and continuing to advance rhythmically.

When the bows and guns were fired at the same time in the circle, the soldiers of Li's army, walking behind the cart and the sword and shield, and carrying bows and arrows, opened their bows and arrows while walking, pulled them into a full circle, and shot a "swoosh" into the circle. Rain of waves and arrows.

The rampaging horse army in the distance stopped to watch, and had to admit that the Wuwei Army was indeed an elite soldier of the Ming Dynasty.

A team of gunmen in the formation fired another round of volleyball against the approaching soldiers of the Li family. As the distance approached, the rattan badges and armor could no longer defend against the attack of the gunballs. The soldiers of the Li family who were walking in the front row, The rattan plate was beaten to the ground, and the soldiers fell to the ground one by one.

But at this moment, the soldiers of the Li family, who were walking slowly with neat steps, suddenly shouted, "Kill!" The shaft of the arrow rushed towards the circle.

More than a dozen carts were pushed quickly by Li's soldiers, and suddenly hit the rebel's guns, swung the guns away, and dented the shield wall.

Dozens of soldiers from the Li tribe followed behind the vehicle and pushed forward desperately. The spears of the rebels could not penetrate the soldiers of the Li tribe behind the vehicle. Stabbing at the side of the cart, Li's soldiers waved their shields to resist, and after a while, the circle was broken.

Li's soldiers were the most capable of fighting in the Wuwei Army, and Jin Shenghuan's servants were also the elite of the elite. Once the circle was broken, the two sides fell into a melee.

"Block all the traitors back!" Jin Shenghuan waved the saber, and his voice spread everywhere.

His personal guards lined up in a dense formation, strangling the enemy desperately with knives and long spears. They had followed Jin Shenghuan since Zuo Liangyu's time, and had trained their superb tactical qualities through years of fighting.

It's just that their opponents are not bad, they are from Gao Jie's old army, and they have experienced no fewer battles than them.

The battle was extremely fierce, but after all, Li's troops were several times larger. Although the rebels tried their best to resist, the disadvantages gradually emerged.

Jin Shenghuan was already red-eyed, the big knife in his hand cut down countless people, he didn't seem to want to survive, he just kept fighting.

Soon the soldiers around him fell down one by one, and the remaining troops were also divided and surrounded. There were only a dozen people around him, but Jin Shenghuan still didn't have the slightest fear.

He is looking forward to death, looking forward to the end. This civil war is not honorable for Wang Yan, and the court is not good at pursuing it. As long as he dies, Wang Yan has no worries, and maybe in exchange for the court's lenient treatment of other people. Lost.

The secretive soldiers of the Li tribe rushed towards him, but Jin Shenghuan was so brave that no one could get close to him, and he swung the big knife in his hand like a sword, making him invincible.

Suddenly, several long spears stabbed at him at the same time. He blocked the several spears that stabbed at the chest, but he didn't pay attention to the way down, and the blood splashed from the stabbed thigh immediately.

The two servant leaders killed the enemy soldiers, rushed forward and grabbed Jin Shenghuan, dragged him back, and shouted: "The rebels in Duzhen are powerful, you go!"

Jin Shenghuan didn't have time to answer, Li's soldiers swarmed up again, and a pro-insurgent was stabbed down with a gun, but at this time several servants stepped up to protect his safety.

At this time, Jin Shenghuan looked around the battlefield, and there were not many servants left. He looked at these people who were fighting for him, and suddenly let out a long sigh, then looked at the leader of the servants who was supporting him, and couldn't help saying: "You have been with this town for ten years. Alright."

"Jiashen has been with Duzhen for almost ten years!" the leader replied.

Jin Shenghuan looked at him, and suddenly smiled, "The old overlord killed himself and gave his body to his deceased, so that they could seal up a ten thousand households! You have followed me for many years, and I am also a hero in the Central Plains. I have nothing to give you today, just take my head , change to riches and honor!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the leader to reply, Jin Shenghuan swung his knife across and killed himself.

(End of this chapter)